Sophia Scriptura

To the Romans 9.2

Ignatius of Antioch · To the Romans · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: Ignatius counts himself the least of the Syrian Christians.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:236

ἐγὼ δὲ αἰσχύνομαι ἐξ αὐτῶν λέγεσθαι· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄξιός εἰμι, ὢν ἔσχατος αὐτῶν καὶ ἔκτρωμα· ἀλλʼ ἠλέημαί τις εἶναι, ἐὰν θεοῦ ἐπιτύχω.

English · Claude translation

But I am ashamed to be called one of them, for I am not worthy, being the least of them and one untimely born. But I have received mercy to be someone, if I attain to God.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:236 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 172–277 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
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PG 5:696a–696b (found by text match)
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Lake's printed text (wrong accent)): ὣν ἔσχατος → ὢν ἔσχατος.

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Ign. Rom. 9.2 (PG 5:696a–696b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/9/2/).

Plain text
Ign. Rom. 9.2 (PG 5:696a–696b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/9/2/).

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